Politics
Unbiased presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is anticipated to faucet California lawyer and entrepreneur Nicole Shanahan as his working mate, based on a report.
Shanahan, a Democratic donor who was as soon as married to Google cofounder Sergey Brin, funded Kennedy’s expensive Tremendous Bowl marketing campaign industrial, Mediaite reported Saturday.
The pair “align on quite a few points,” together with his condemnation of vaccines, and he or she may also help funnel cash into Kennedy’s long-shot bid and get him on ballots in all 50 states, sources near the marketing campaign informed the outlet.
The choose notably retains New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, whom Kennedy stated was contemplating as his Vice President, off the November poll.
Kennedy’s marketing campaign declined to verify that he’s decided.
“There was a variety of hypothesis within the media about Mr. Kennedy’s choose of vice presidential working mate,” his marketing campaign’s press workplace informed The Publish in an announcement.
“The official announcement can be on March 26 in Oakland, CA. We hope to see you there.”
Shanahan, 38, informed The New York Occasions final month she had given $4 million to the tremendous PAC, American Values 2024, to fund the $7 million 30-second Tremendous Bowl industrial.
Whereas claimnig to not be an “anti-vaxxer,” she stated she shared Kennedy’s fixed assaults on vaccines. She additionally describes herself as a progressive who cares about youngsters’s well being.
She donated to President Biden’s marketing campaign in 2020 and gave the utmost $6,600 to Kennedy’s marketing campaign in Might 2023 whereas he was nonetheless searching for the Democratic nomination, based on data obtained by The Occasions.
The Bay Space lawyer was married to Google’s Brin in 2018 — however they formally divorced final summer time after she was reportedly romantically concerned with Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
Musk and Brin had been beforehand longtime mates, and Musk ceaselessly stayed over at Brin’s house, the Wall Road Journal reported in 2022.
Nonetheless, the 2 reportedly had a falling out following Musk and Shanahan’s transient fling in December 2021, when Brin requested that his monetary advisers promote his private investments in Musk’s firms.
Musk and Shanahan have denied the allegations.
“That is complete bs,” Musk posted on X in July 2022, in response to a person who shared the WSJ article.
“I’ve solely seen Nicole twice in three years, each occasions with many different individuals round. Nothing romantic,” he added.
Brin filed for a dissolution of marriage from Shanahan in January 2022. The couple shares a younger daughter collectively, based on Individuals.
Kennedy initially ran as a Democrat towards President Biden earlier than saying an unbiased bid in October. He has been polling as the highest third occasion candidate within the discipline, persistently cracking double-digits behind President Biden and former President Donald Trump.
Others on Kennedy’s brief checklist included former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, who, together with Rodgers, was “on the prime of his checklist,” he informed the New York Occasions this week.
Kennedy has been working to safe funding to get on the poll in each state as an unbiased, which his marketing campaign says it should price them $15 million. Up to now, he’s solely certified for the poll in 4 states: Hawaii, Nevada, New Hampshire and Utah.